Vice Presidents: The good, the bad and the powerful

October 11, 2012 8:28 AM

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** FILE ** President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush are pictured in this official portrait released by the White House, July, 1981. Reagan died Saturday, June 5, 2004 at his home in California, according to a friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity. He was 93. (AP Photo/White House) (AP) less

** FILE ** President Ronald Reagan and Vice President George Bush are pictured in this official portrait released by the White House, July, 1981. Reagan died Saturday, June 5, 2004 at his home in California, ... more

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Al Gore pumps his fist as he thanks the people of Arkansas for two Clinton/Gore victories as he begins a speech on a 'patient's bill of rights' at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science in Little Rock, Ark., Tuesday afternoon, July 11, 2000. Gore brought his presidential campaign to the pre-presidential home of Bill Clinton Tuesday. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) (AP) less

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Al Gore pumps his fist as he thanks the people of Arkansas for two Clinton/Gore victories as he begins a speech on a 'patient's bill of rights' at the University ... more

**FILE** U.S. President Carter, left, and Vice President Walter Mondale stand together during fundraiser in Washington, on October 25, 1979. As of Tuesday, May 23, 2006, Carter and Mondale have surpassed John Adams and Thomas Jefferson as the president and vice president who have lived the longest since leaving office. (AP Photo, File) (AP) less

**FILE** U.S. President Carter, left, and Vice President Walter Mondale stand together during fundraiser in Washington, on October 25, 1979. As of Tuesday, May 23, 2006, Carter and Mondale have surpassed John ... more

**FILE** U.S. President Carter, left, and Vice President Walter... Photo-3574995.50498 - Houston Chronicle

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WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (R) listens as U.S. President George W. Bush speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Jim Nussle as Director of the Office of Management and Budget September 10, 2007 in Washington, DC. According to his office, former Vice President Dick Cheney received a heart transplant and is now recovering in the intensive care unit of Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church,Virginia. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) (Getty Images) less

WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney (R) listens as U.S. President George W. Bush speaks during a swearing-in ceremony for Jim Nussle as Director of the Office of Management and Budget ... more

** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, APRIL 17-18 ** Former U.S. vice president William Rufus de Vane King is shown in an undated image from the Library of Congress. According to some historians, rumors that circulated 150 years ago were accurate: King and James Buchanan, who would later become the nation's 15th president, were a devoted homosexual couple. (AP Photo/Library of Congress) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) less

** ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, APRIL 17-18 ** Former U.S. vice president William Rufus de Vane King is shown in an undated image from the Library of Congress. According to some historians, rumors that ... more

Aaron Burr Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson was acquitted of treason charges growing out of an alleged plot to set up an independent empire in the nations south and west (UPI)

Aaron Burr Vice President of the United States under Thomas Jefferson was acquitted of treason charges growing out of an alleged plot to set up an independent empire in the nations south and west (UPI)

Aaron Burr Vice President of the United States under Thomas... Photo-3575000.50498 - Houston Chronicle

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FILE--Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is shown on NBC's 'Meet The Press' in this 1980 file photo. Both Agnew and government lawyers investigating him were preoccupied with leaks to the press during the months before the vice president resigned in 1973 to escape prison for tax evasion and bribery. Their concerns, detailed in correspondence obtained by an online news service using the Freedom of Information Act, are just a portion of the information contained in Agnew's FBI file. (AP Photo/File) HOUCHRON CAPTION (02/16/2003): Tax evasion cost Spiro Agnew the vice presidency. (AP) less

FILE--Former Vice President Spiro Agnew is shown on NBC's 'Meet The Press' in this 1980 file photo. Both Agnew and government lawyers investigating him were preoccupied with leaks to the press during the months ... more

File - Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is seen in this undated file photo. President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Friday Oct. 9, 2009. The stunning choice made Obama the third sitting U.S. president to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Theodore Roosevelt won the award in 1906 and Woodrow Wilson won in 1919. (AP Photo, File) (AP) less

File - Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States, is seen in this undated file photo. President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize Friday Oct. 9, 2009. The stunning choice made Obama ... more

File - Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president of the United States,... Photo-3575002.50498 - Houston Chronicle

**FILE** U.S. President-elect Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President-elect George Bush share a laugh during their first news conference in which they announced their transitional team in Los Angeles, Ca., in this Nov. 6, 1980 file photo. Reagan, the cheerful crusader who devoted his presidency to winning the Cold War, trying to scale back government and making people believe it was ``morning again in America,'' died Saturday, June 5, 2004 after a long twilight struggle with Alzheimer's disease. He was93. (AP Photo, file) (AP) less

**FILE** U.S. President-elect Ronald Reagan, left, and Vice President-elect George Bush share a laugh during their first news conference in which they announced their transitional team in Los Angeles, Ca., in ... more

Democratic presidential hopeful Vice President Al Gore pumps his fist as President Clinton during a campaign at rally in Monroe, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000. 'Bill Clinton worked hard to get the economy right,' Gore said. 'I'm not going to let the other side wreck it.' (AP Photo/Doug Mills) HOUCHRON CAPTION (08/16/2000): Vice President Al Gore pumps his fists as he and President Clinton appear at a campaign rally Tuesday in the working-class community of Monroe, Mich., for a symbolic passing of the torch. (AP) less

Democratic presidential hopeful Vice President Al Gore pumps his fist as President Clinton during a campaign at rally in Monroe, Mich., Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000. 'Bill Clinton worked hard to get the economy ... more

FILE - This is a Nov. 17, 1967 file photo of former president Lyndon B. Johnson. A $10-million redesign of the LBJ Library and Museum announced in December 2011 is intended to give visitors a better understanding of the landmark reforms Johnson propelled through Congress and is being done even as many of his initiatives are under attack by conservatives. (AP Photo/File) (Associated Press) less

FILE - This is a Nov. 17, 1967 file photo of former president Lyndon B. Johnson. A $10-million redesign of the LBJ Library and Museum announced in December 2011 is intended to give visitors a better ... more

Spiro T. Agnew is shown with then President-elect Richard M. Nixon in this 1968 file photo. Agnew, an outspoken conservative who loved bashing the media before he resigned in disgrace as Richard Nixon's vice president over a tax-evasion scandal in 1973, died Tuesday September17, 1996. He was 77. (AP Photo/File) (Associated Press) less

Spiro T. Agnew is shown with then President-elect Richard M. Nixon in this 1968 file photo. Agnew, an outspoken conservative who loved bashing the media before he resigned in disgrace as Richard Nixon's vice ... more

** FILE ** Former vice president Dan Quayle announces he'll seek the Republican nomination for the 2000 presidential election during a Phoenix, AZ. news conference in this Feb. 4, 1999, file photo. Trent Lott isn't the first whose career has suffered over racial gaffes. Quayle was criticized for telling American Samoans, "You all look like happy campers to me." (AP Photo/Mike Fiala, File). HOUCHRON CAPTION (05/27/2003): "Verbosity leads to unclear, inarticulate things," former Vice President Dan Quayle said. For more quotes from the Indiana Republican, call up The Many Stupid Things Said by Dan Quayle at chef2chef.com/humor/data/TheManyStupidThings.htm. HOTLIST: STUPID THINGS. (AP) less

** FILE ** Then- Sen. Thomas Eagleton reacts while listening to then- presidential hopeful Sen. George McGovern's announcement that Eagleton is stepping aside as vice-presidential running mate, at a Washington news conference, in this Aug. 1, 1972 file photo. Eagleton, who resigned as Sen. McGovern's vice presidential nominee after it was revealed he had been hospitalized for depression, was in critical condition at a St. Louis hospital Saturday, March 3, 2007 the state Democratic Party chairman said. (AP Photo) (AP) less